Watch: Did democracy fail? Inside Appavu’s 10-year election battle | Focus Tamil Nadu

A decade after losing the 2016 Radhapuram Assembly election by just 49 votes, former Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M. Appavu was declared the rightful winner by the Madras High Court in June 2026 after finding irregularities in postal ballot counting. But with the Assembly term already over, the verdict raises bigger questions about delays in election justice.

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